Month of birth, socioeconomic background and development in Swedish men

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 561-571

  Kihlbom, M ^a   Johansson, S E ^b  

^a Ericastiftelsen   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH RATE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FATHER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGIST; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PARTURITION; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4243102910     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002193200300628X     Document Type: Article

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